Wu Ling Shu funds to make way for the Valkyrie.

We made Wu Ling Shu a reality! You have all made this possible by spreading the word, digging deep and holding fast! Now that we have filled the slots for the NAPALM LEVEL there is nothing holding us back!

TARGET ACQUIRED

$80,000 ACHIEVED - THANK YOU!!!  Wuxia heroine Wu Ling Shu comes to fight for family honor. This goal makes Wu Ling Shu available as an additional Babes choice at any level that has a Babes choice as a reward. Wu Ling Shu also gets someone to watch her back, so Sidekick Ping will join the fight with her and is added to every BOMB KIT absolutely FREE!

TARGET SCANNING

$85,000+ Chooser of the Slain Geirahöd the Valkyrie will swoop to the battlefield as an additional Babes choice at any level that has a Babes choice as a reward. Along with that, when the goal is reached, we will add a Fantasy Weapon Sprue to every BOMB KIT for FREE!

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NEWS

The name Geirahöð is connected to the Old Norse words geirr ("spear") and höð ("battle"). It appears in some manuscripts of Grímnismál in place of the valkyrie name Geirölul. I purchased the original drawing for Geirahöð from Wayne Reynolds while at Reaper Con in 2011. After contacting him and requesting to purchase the rights to the art for miniature production he was very agreeable. So we now include her here as the next goal to achieve to make her available as an additional Babe selection.

New Contributor - Wayne Reynolds - Artist

Wayne is a highly popular artist with card art, cover art and interior art for some of the largest publishers in the gaming industry. He is known for dynamic action scenes, detailed character designs and pointy sideburns. Wayne paints exclusively with a traditional process of paint on board rendering some of the most iconic images for games like Magic the Gathering, Dungeons & Dragons and Pathfinder.

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Onward, humans, to glory! Let's rock out this final week of the project and set Bombshell up to do great things!

I am working on several of the concepts currently and will have more photos of the sculpts as they progress.

~Patrick

The Sculptdude

Wu Ling Shu and Additional Support!

It has been an up & down day for sure! But after all the pledge finagling we are still over half way to offering Wu Ling Shu!

TARGET SCANNING

$80,000+ Summons wuxia heroine Wu Ling Shu to fight for family honor. When this goal is reached Wu Ling Shu will be available as an additional Babes choice at any level that has a Babes choice as a reward. Wu Ling Shu needs someone to watch her back, so when she is unlocked, Sidekick Ping will be added to every BOMB KIT absolutely FREE!

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NEWS 

Additional Support has Arrived!

We've beefed up the Additional Support section with more goodies you can select for the additional pledge amounts. You asked for it, we listened! There are Sidekicks, Relics, Base Inserts and Sprues to choose from.

Again, we want to offer a heartfelt thanks to all the stalwart supporters who have held the line and acquired the targets. We also want to welcome our new backers and thank you for jumping in to help us along. If you have not pledged yet, now is the time! We only have seven more days to reach the next goals and make it possible to add even more Babes selections into the mix as well as some fantastic Reinforcements Sets.

~Patrick
The Sculptdude

The Stretch Goals are Set!

Thanks for Voting!

After comparing the number of voters with the number of backers we at the Bomb Factory have determined there is enough representation to give a fair assessment for the layout of our next set of stretch goals. This poll, like the Pirate Code,  in no way attempted to be scientifically accurate but was merely a guideline to assess our future offerings.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE POLL RESULTS

Thanks again for your support and participation! We are looking forward to bringing you the coolest models we can make!

~Patrick

Call in Your Reinforcements!!!

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We have now turned the choices over to you, our loyal backers, to see what would be the most viable goal to reach next. Select the option you would most like to see offered as the next stretch goal. The poll will close at Midnight CDT Friday September 28th, 2012.

After that time, we will look at the poll results and list the goals and rewards offered in the order they are most popular. With so many great concepts available and only a short time remaining until the Babes Kickstarter Project closes, we felt this was the best way to get you the Reinforcements you really wanted.

Larger images of the designs can be found in our Concept Art Gallery.

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Remember, vote early and vote often! The poll will tell us which goals you would like to see next.

I am as excited as you are to find out which one of the fantastic ideas will be offered next!

~Patrick

$70K Reached and Inquisitor Mira Added!

Thank you all for making Mira and Belphegor a reality. Having designed this particular character myself it is very encouraging to know that you all value the addition of her to our Babes line. It is ironic that it we are now at 666 backers to get Inquisitor Mira into the mix!

TARGET ACQUIRED

$70,000 ACHIEVED - THANK YOU!!! This sets Inquisitor Mira on the trail of righteousness. We have reached the goal to unlock Mira so she can join your parish as an additional Babes choice at any level that has a Babes choice as a reward.

By reaching the goal for Mira, we have also add the Belphegor Sidekick to every BOMB KIT for absolutley FREE!

$75,000+ Rings up Steampunk Medic Victoriana to make a house call. When this goal is reached Victoriana will be available as an additional Babes choice at any level that has a Babes choice as a reward.

We have also included a new ADDITIONAL SUPPORT option with the Sidekicks Set 2. You can add on this set of helpful (or harmful) little critters to any backer reward level for an additional pledge amount of only $10.

Amazing progress so far. Many thanks again to all of our ongoing supporters who have increased their pledge amounts to include more options. We also welcome and show gratitude to all of our new backers who have just joined in as new Bombardiers! We appreciate all of you.

More art and some new Work-In-Progress sculpts are on the way.

~Patrick

The Sculptdude

Inquisitor Mira is Getting Close!

TARGET SCANNING

Less than $2K away!

$70,000+ Sets Inquisitor Mira on the trail of righteousness. When we reach the goal to unlock Mira she can join your parish as an additional Babes choice at any level that has a Babes choice as a reward.

By reaching the goal for Mira, we will also add the Belphegor Sidekick to every BOMB KIT for absolutley FREE!

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NEWS

We just received some fantastic new art from Patrick McEvoy for the Clockwork Fire Brigade  Reinforcements Set.

More art and larger sized pics of the designs can be seen at the Concept Art Gallery.

There are two more Reinforcements Sets in the works and we will be revealing them soon in order to start the poll to rank their availability in the upcoming stretch goals.

I wanted to welcome all our new backers and thank everyone for keeping the project rolling along to this point! There are still cool and exciting things we will be adding on as it rolls along and even more Babes to reveal as we get closer to the their goals. You are all fantastic! Thanks again for your continued support!

-Patrick
The Sculptdude

Close to Getting the Cat!

TARGET PENDING

Less than $800 to go to get this:

$65,000+ Takes us along with Matt Dixon's Vixen Pussy Patrol, complete with cat sidekick. When we reach this goal, this hard hitting, heavy armored Babe and her feline scout will be added to the available Babes choices for every level that can select Babes choices as a reward.

In addition to that, we will include our third Bombshell Relic Princess Theja in every BOMB KIT for absolutely FREE! The sculpt won First Place in the GenCon 2006 Sculpted Green category of the Painting Competition. This rare and out-of-production model will only be offered here during this Kickstater drive.

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NEWS

More Babes!

We have added the rest of the art to fill out the remaining slots for available Babes choices at the NAPALM LEVEL! If you have been holding out to upgrade to this level there will now be a Babe available for every slot for the 15 choices for this backer level. These Babes will only be available as choices to every level that gets to choose a Babe as a reward if we make the goals indicated in order to put them into production.

Many thanks go to Cris Delara and Tim Collier for getting these in under the gun. We are very excited to bring Steampunk Medic Victoriana and wuxia heroine Wu Ling Shu to wrap up this segment of releases. There is also a mysterious silhouette posted following the $80K goal. She will be revealed once the poll for the Reinforcements has been sorted out.

You can see larger versions of the character art in our Concept Art Gallery here.

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Reinforcements Add-On Sets

Development has continued regarding the availability of the Add-On Sets. We have set up a Polldaddy account in order to set up the poll to prioritize the posted sets. We will post a link once the poll goes live so that you can vote on which sets you would like to have offered first. his link will be made available on the main page as well as in future updates so everyone will have a chance to participate.

There are three additional sets we are considering adding and the art is currently being generated. As soon as they are in and posted, we will send out the link to the poll to start the voting.

Your support, patience and enthusiasm have been remarkable and I am deeply honored to be able to share this work with all of you. Thanks again for making it all possible.

-Patrick

The Sculptdude

Less than $300 Welcomes Raven Skye!

I know it seemed like a long haul to get to this point but we are now exactly at the halfway mark in the project. I'm not sure how other projects progress but here is a graph from the project dashboard showing how we've done so far. This is very similar to the data generated by Kicktraq.

This show steady growth over the entire course of the project with no lag time. Really amazing progress.

TARGET LOCK PENDING

$60,000 PENDING!!! Aeronautical pilot Raven Skye can take command of your airship fleet. When we reach the goal to unlock Raven she can join your fleet as an additional Babes choice at any level that has a Babes choice as a reward. We will also add a Steampunk Weapon Sprue to every BOMB KIT for absolutley FREE!

Tim is working on the final design for Raven from this initial thumbnails sketch here. We'll be posting that along with some other characters as soon as they roll in!

$65,000+ Takes us along with Matt Dixon's Vixen Pussy Patrol, complete with cat sidekick. When we reach this goal, this hard hitting, heavy armored Babe and her feline scout will be added to the available Babes choices for every level that can select Babes choices as a reward. In addition to that, we will include our third Bombshell Relic Princess Theja in every BOMB KIT for absolutely FREE!

In addition to that, we will include our third Bombshell Relic Princess Theja in every BOMB KIT for absolutely FREE! The sculpt won First Place in the GenCon 2006 Sculpted Green category of the Painting Competition. This rare and out-of-production model will only be offered here during this Kickstater drive.

$70,000+ Sets Inquisitor Mira on the trail of righteousness. When we reach the goal to unlock Mira so she can join your parish as an additional Babes choice at any level that has a Babes choice as a reward.

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NEWS

THERMITE LEVELS added!

Because our painters are so awesome, we have added 4 more THERMITE slots bringing the total to 10! If you want to get one of your Babes painted up by one of our awesome Bomb Squad Painters just edit your pledge amount and select the THERMITE LEVEL as a reward. You can choose which Babe model you want painted when we send out the backer reward survey after the project concludes.

Reinforcement Add-On Sets
There is a lot of interest growing about the Reinforcements Add-On Sets. The plan at this point is to throw the Reinforcements into the mix after we complete the goal for $80,000. We will be posting a poll during the period before reaching that goal that will allow the backers to vote on the order that our Reinforcements are offered.

Just to give you a taste of the next offering we present the Spirit Walker Luta and her guardian wolf spirit Shunkaha designed by Patrick McEvoy. We have several other Reinforcements Sets that are being designed and they will be posted before the poll for voting goes out to the backers.

All of you have done a tremendous job hanging in there as we have worked to get more designs to you. The comments and suggestions have been great and there has been lots of feedback on the sculpts in progress. We will be posting new stuff again soon!

Onward to the Feline Frolic!

-Patrick
The Sculptdude

$55K Adds Nowada & Gets Closer to Raven

The steady pace of added pledges and new backers has me completely amazed. You guys are doing a great job supporting the project and keeping it moving forward!

Here are a couple of things I've been working on.

Maelee and Betty are coming along nicely. Maelee has a few more details to add, but her gear and tools will likely be 3D printed and so won't be finished for a while. The wrench is just a placeholder for reference. Betty still needs the rest of her flight jacket, hair & cap as well as a few other details. This should give you a rough idea of how they are progressing.

TARGET ACQUIRED

$55,000 ACHIEVED - THANK YOU!!!  Adds Nowada the Lioness from the darkest jungles of the past. We reached the goal to unlock Nowada so she can join your tribe as an additional Babes choice at any level that has a Babes choice as a reward. We will also include one Tazjh Hatchling Sidekick in every BOMB KIT for absolutely FREE!

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$60,000+ Allows Raven Sky to take command of your airship fleet. When we reach the goal to unlock Raven she can join your fleet as an additional Babes choice at any level that has a Babes choice as a reward.

When we reach the $60K goal we will also add a Steampunk Weapon Sprue to every BOMB KIT for absolutley FREE!

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NEWS

New art is starting to come in and that will be posted as soon as it arrives. We have another awesome Reinforcements set designed by Patrick McEvoy that will be added next. You can see the fantastic design that Tim turned in for Nowada posted above. Our newest contributor Craig Elliott is hard at work on a forest dwelling Dryad Spirit and we will get that posted when it arrives as well.

I have been able to finish the two Dark Sword pieces I was working on for September and there are still a couple of client pieces needing attention. I will try to get more pics of Maelee and Betty along with hopefully a couple of others next.

More to come . . . 

-Patrick

The Sculptdude

$55,000 will add Nowada!

Momentum has been going strong! The Bombardier Backers have really been getting the word out and sharing what an awesome project they think this is. I also want to thank everyone who has helped many of our new backers feel welcome by answering questions and pointing out new rewards in the comments section. I have been busy working on sculpts throughout the project and it has been a huge benefit to have such great support network!

TARGET ACQUIRED

$50,000 ACHIEVED - THANK YOU!!! We bring Tetsu Ko in from the deepest corners of the Far East. As an added bonus, every BOMB KIT includes a Raferu-san sidekick for absolutely FREE!

$55,000+ Adds Nowada, Warrior Queen from the darkest jungles of the past. If we reach the goal to unlock Nowada she can join your tribe as an additional Babes choice at any level that has a Babes choice as a reward. We will also include one Tazjh Hatchling Sidekick in every BOMB KIT for absolutely FREE!

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ADDED BONUS!

If you would like for Dusty to visit Blackwater Gulch, thanks to the awesome folks at Gangfight Games, you can include her in one of your groups!

Download her stat card for FREE here!

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NEWS

The sculpting workshop at the Reaper Factory this weekend was fantastic. We had a terrific time meeting with everyone and hopefully encouraged a few to become backers. I demonstrated making armatures and other techniques to get started in sculpting. This also gave me a chance to work on a few of the Babes sculpts which I will be posting in the upcoming week.

New Contributor

Craig Elliott - Artist

After attending Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, Craig began illustrating for various clients and started working full time in the animation industry.  He has worked primarily for Disney and Dreamworks, designing their animated films such as Hercules, Mulan, The Emperor's New Groove, Treasure Planet, Shark Tale, Flushed Away, Bee Movie, and Enchanted, Monsters vs. Aliens, and The Princess and the Frog as well as other upcoming features. Craig has also done fully painted comic book and cover artwork for Dark Horse Comics, World of Warcraft Trading cards, editorial illustration for Realms of Fantasy magazine, and more. His work can currently be seen in the books "Treasure Planet a Voyage of Discovery", "The Art of The Princess and the Frog", "Spectrum: the Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art" #10, 11, 12, 13 & 15 and a gold medal in 16 and Silver Medal in 17, “The World’s Greatest Erotic Art of Today Vol. 2”, “Erotic Fantasy Art”, “Fantasy art Now 2”, Aphrodisia I and his 3 sketchbooks. Several monograph art books are also in the works.  

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I am amazed at the progress we have made so far. There are still many cool Babes concepts in the works and we are listening to your suggestions as well. Many of the ideas you have shared have been in the lineup since before we launched. That reaffirms we are on the right track to get you the types of Babes you want see. Thanks again for all of your support in making this project huge!

-Patrick

The Sculptdude

$50,000 Adds Testu Ko!

TARGET ACQUIRED - Bug Spray!

Bug Spray is in the mix now after passing $45, 000 so we're on to $50K next to bring Tetsu Ko all the way from the Far East! This fantastic design is created by Tim Collier.

If we reach the goal to unlock Tetsu Ko you will also get one Rafaeru-san sidekick in every BOMB KIT for absolutely FREE!

$55,000+ Adds Nowada, Warrior Queen from the darkest jungles of the past.

If we reach the goal to unlock Nowada she can join your tribe as an additional Babes choice at any level that has a Babes choice as a reward. We will also include one Tazjh Hatchling Sidekick in every BOMB KIT for absolutely FREE!

We have now added a whole set of Sidekicks!

If we reach the appropriate pledge goals you may be receiving some of the Sidekicks as part of the BOMB KIT pledge level for $75 at no additional cost. Now you can add an additional amount to your existing pledge to cover the cost of an extra set of awesome Sidekicks for your Babes! You may add them on at ANY pledge level in unlimited quantities. They are only available as an add-on as a complete set of five Sidekicks.

$40,000 Unlocks Vivian Gale as a Babes Choice!

Only $1500 to go!
We are almost to the point where we can fund putting Vivian Gale into production. After a little bit of restructuring our stretch goals, the new lineup looks fantastic! As soon as we reach the $40,000 mark we will add Vivan to the Target Acquired status and add a Squidman to every BOMB KIT!

We have revealed more Concept art for upcoming goals that are posted on the main page. Those of you waiting to get in at the Napalm level should start to consider adding your amounts so we can get these fantastic Babes made.

NEXT UP we have Matt Dixon's Vixen laying some Bug Spray!

Along with Bug Spray at $45,000+  we will drop a Bombshell Relic into the BOMB KIT absolutely FREE!

Here is a sneak peek at the next few offerings!

See more of our Official Update™ here!